An Anti-Treaty leaflet and off-print concerning conditions in Kilkenny Jail, the murder of Sean Edwards in Kilkenny, and the murder of Maurice Condon, an unarmed prisoner in Clonmel Town Hall.
The file comprises the following editions of this weekly publication: 16 Oct. 1915 (Vol. XXVIII, No. 42) 20 Nov. 1915 (Vol. XXVIII, No. 47) 29 Jan. 1916 (Vol. XXIX, No. 5) 1 Dec. 1923 (Vol. XXXVI, No. 48) 7 Nov. 1925 (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 14). 2 copies. This edition contains a report of a sermon in Kilkenny by Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the history of the Irish Capuchins.
A pamphlet by William O’Brien (1852-1928) regarding the Irish Convention, an assembly which sat in Dublin, from July 1917 until March 1918, which sought to address the Irish Question and other constitutional problems relating to an early enactment of self-government for Ireland. Includes an ‘Authorized report of speech delivered on May 21, 1917, in the House of Commons, in the debate on Mr. Lloyd George’s Irish proposals’.
The Irish Theological Quarterly, xvi, no. 61 (Jan. 1921). The journal includes an article titled 'The lawfulness of the hunger strike' by J. Kelleher (pp 47-64).
The file contains the following editions of this nationalist newspaper edited by Eoin MacNeill: 27 Feb. 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 13, new series)-8 Apr. 1916 (Vol. 2, No. 70, new series). The series is incomplete.
A copy of ‘The Irish Worker’ (6 September 1913). Founded (and initially edited) by Jim Larkin in 1911 as a pro-labour alternative to the capitalist-owned press, ‘The Irish Worker’ was particularly noted for its caustic cartoons by Ernest Kavanagh (1884-1916) attacking William Martin Murphy and the Dublin Metropolitan Police during the Lockout of 1913
A hard-bound volume containing a complete run of this weekly publication. The series runs from 1 Sept. 1900 (Vol. V, No. 1)-20 Feb. 1904 (Vol. VII, No. 26). The founding editor of 'The Leader' was the Waterford-born David Patrick Moran. He was educated in Mount Sion CBS, and later in St. Vincent’s College, Castleknock. On leaving school he went to London where he gained his first journalistic appointment at the 'Star' newspaper, founded by T.P. O’Connor. Moran was attracted to the Irish language movement and, through it, to Irish nationalism, during his thirteen years in London. In 1898 he returned to Dublin and joined the Gaelic League. In 1900 he founded 'The Leader', an outspoken weekly publication devoted to preserving important facets of the cultural and national heritage of the country. The Leader was an immediate success. 'The Leader' attracted a lot of Irish advertising and Moran saw the publicising of Irish goods as one of its main roles. He advocated buy Irish campaigns but sensibly warned that the Irish people would buy Irish goods only if they were ‘as good and as cheap’ as imports. An ink stamp on the inside front cover and on the fly leaf reads: ‘Father Matthew Temperance Hall, Church Street, Dublin’. Folio, some illustrations. Bound volume with title to spine ‘The Leader, Vols. 5-7’.
The file contains the following editions of this illustrated weekly newspaper: 8 July 1922 (No. 4,342. Vol. 161); 15 July 1922 (4,343. Vol. 161). The editions contain numerous photographic prints of the fighting in Dublin at the outbreak of the Civil War. Includes a photograph of ‘Father Dominic [O'Connor OFM Cap.], who was reported to have been with the Rebels in the Four Courts’.
The issue of 'The Monitor, the family Catholic Weekly of New Jersey’, for 28 Feb. 1925 (No. 9). Two pages of the paper are dedicated in tribute to the recently deceased Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., ‘a priest of Ireland’s Resurrection’.
